The best web hosting for Singapore is amazingly fast globally & locally. In this guide, we shortlist the best brands that offer high performance, reliable support and groundbreaking tech - for a great price!
Picking the best web host can be downright confusing. Especially since a web host can make or break your website’s success! With that sort of pressure – how can you pick the right one?
Well, we hope to make things a little easier with this handy guide written especially for Singaporean websites. Our team tested out 45 web hosts first-hand before shortlisting the 5 brands below, based on the data. Many have their own Singaporean data centers, which means they’re fast locally and within Asia (at <120 ms!) -perfect if you’re targeting Asian markets!
Our top recommendation would be Hostinger – with speeds, features and prices that outperform local providers. But we’ll also explain ALL the factors you should look for – from pricing, to customer support and security features – so you can make the best hosting decision for you. Let’s go!
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Here are some markers we look for in an outstanding web host for Singapore:
You can say we know our web hosts – our team has been purchasing and testing them since 2014! Currently, we operate over 95 test sites hosted with over 45 different web hosting providers.
We use our Bitcatcha Speed Test Tool and an uptime tracker on every test site to help us assess each hosts’ server speed and uptime. This data helps inform our reviews and allows us to compare each host in a more concrete way.
For a more detailed on how we write our web hosting reviews, scoot on over to our article on “How We Review Our Web hosts”.
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World Speed Score
A+
Speed In Asia
58 ms
Price (SGD)
S$4.04/mo
Key Features
“Truly well-balanced hosting. Super speeds, localized support and brilliant value for money makes Hostinger our top pick for Singapore!”
This little Lithuanian web hosting company has made waves internationally with their seriously fast server speeds and very affordable prices.
In fact – when we did some market research on leading web host brands, Hostinger turned out to be the most sought-after web host of 2020 (Read the full report here).
Turns out, they’re a fantastic choice for Singaporean websites too!
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Upon discovering that they’ve got a data center in Singapore, we decided to create a test site with them to see how they fare against the best of the best web hosting companies around.
After doing some testing, we decided that they deserve a spot on the big boy’s table here on this list. Hostinger Singapore definitely doesn’t disappoint.
Their Singapore server did really well in our server response time test, with a worldwide average of 168.9 ms, and under 100 ms in Singapore, Japan, Sydney, and Bangalore, but that’s already expected, being an international web host and all.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | Sao Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 ms | 250 ms | 216 ms | 3 ms | 347 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 ms | 93 ms | 78 ms | 248 ms | 217 ms |
All of Hostinger’s plans come packed with premium features and boast a low introductory price.
What really impressed us was the amount of value we got at their irresistibly low price point. Our Premium Shared plan only cost SGD4.04 per month and the number of features we received with it felt almost criminal.
We got almost all of the same benefits of the premium web hosting counterparts, namely:
These are just a few of the features we received, but the icing on this very beautiful cake is that Hostinger provides their premium shared users with 1 free domain name! It’s a small gesture that really has a big impact, especially for beginner business owners who are worried about snowballing start-up costs.
Needless to say, we really like Hostinger. They’re able to offer premium-like features & speeds at super affordable prices and plans (from SGD4.04 a month) – perfect for beginners and startups. And if you’re able to commit to a long-term plan, well – it’s hard to beat SGD2.69/mo (for the 4 year plan).
We’ve written a whole article looking at how great Hostinger’s customer service is – it’s a big part of having peace of mind. They offer helpful support 24/7 over live chat, and we’ve found all our enquiries were addressed very quickly and effectively.
We feel that Hostinger really cares for their customers because of how they structure and train their support team. Their support widget can be easily found on the bottom right of their dashboard, which eases frustration because who wants to hunt for the damn link to the live chat when something goes wrong with our websites?
Their service is available in 20+ countries and in 13 different languages to make communications easier (including Mandarin and Malay!). They’re also really knowledgeable and super helpful. They don’t mind holding your hand and guiding you step-by-step to fix your website woes, no matter how silly they may be.
World Speed Score
A+
Speed In Asia
203.75 ms
Price (SGD)
S$3.98/mo
Key Features
“World-famous hosting service endorsed by WordPress and with an 100% uptime guarantee.”
If we’re talking about international players, it’s only natural to also mention DreamHost! Headquartered in California, DreamHost has served over 400,000 customers and 1.5 million sites.
Pros
Cons
Speed-wise, DreamHost doesn’t joke around. Thanks to their use of speed-boosting SSD servers, DreamHost scored a solid A+ ranking on our speed tests, with an impressive worldwide average of 118.4 ms.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | São Paulo |
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| 70 ms | 2 ms | 77 ms | 242 ms | 117 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
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| 194 ms | 210 ms | 169 ms | 16 ms | 87 ms |
A key point to note here is that DreamHost has only 2 data centers that are both based in the US. As expected, speeds got significantly slower when serving regions further away from the North American continent. We noticed the average response time for Asia is 203.75 ms, with Singapore pinging back 242 ms.
Whilst these speeds aren’t ideal, bear in mind it’s only a real problem if your website audience is based in this part of the world. BUT, if your website is mostly serving audiences in the US or Europe, we’d say DreamHost is one of the best hosts you can pick from. To start with – their average worldwide speed is actually the fastest out of all the hosts on this list!
DreamHost has two tiers of plans – we’d recommend the Shared Unlimited if you want more resources to play with – like unlimited websites and emails.
| Features | Shared Starter | Shared Unlimited |
|---|---|---|
| Price | S$3.98/mo | S$3.98/mo |
| Renews at | S$8.09/mo | S$14.84/mo |
| Storage | 50 GB | Unlimited |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| SSL certificate | Free | Free |
| See all features |
What’s also definitely worth mentioning is their money back guarantee. Whilst most hosts offer a standard 30-day money back guarantee, DreamHost takes it to the next level by extending it up to 97 days!
They’re especially awesome if you plan to host a WordPress site. They’re actually 1 of only 3 web hosts who are ‘officially’ endorsed by WordPress. For them – it’s a great vote of confidence. For you – it means WordPress runs beautifully, you’ll have access to a support team of WP experts, and you’ll be able to use their nifty drag-and-drop WP Website Builder to get your site up quickly.
Plus, when we look at DreamHost’s features – we really have nothing to complain about.
What are the drawbacks of DreamHost? As we’ve said, we can’t help but wish they had some data centers outside the US too. Their US-focus also means that, if you want to use their live chat, you’ll need to observe the working hours of the Pacific time zone.
BUT, if most of your audience is near the US, plus you’re not a fan of Hostinger’s branding or SiteGround’s prices – definitely check DreamHost out!
DreamHost offers in- house customer support via Live Chat and ticketing, and from our own trials, they responded within minutes. But on top of having access to a team of WordPress experts, you can also make use of their active forum and their pretty sweet knowledgebase.
There’s also no free telephone support, but you can request a call-back if you don’t mind paying.
World Speed Score
A+
Speed In Asia
58.5 ms
Price (SGD)
S$9.03/mo
Key Features
“Excellent premium web hosting that’s ideal for businesses - with insanely fast speeds & secure servers!”
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SiteGround recently moved their entire infrastructure to the Google Cloud Platform, which allows for easy scalability, better security and faster speeds for their users. Throw in additional perks like their ready-to-use caching system and the SuperCacher, and SiteGround has a clear advantage.
When we put the host through our unique server speed checker, SiteGround produced phenomenal results, with a worldwide average ranking of 159.9 ms, and an average of 58.5 ms in Asia!
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | Sao Paulo |
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| 211 ms | 215 ms | 180 ms | 3 ms | 351 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
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| 66 ms | 95 ms | 70 ms | 240 ms | 168 ms |
In Singapore itself, SiteGround’s response time is a lightning fast 3 ms, thanks to their local data center!
SiteGround offers a range of plans for a range of users.
Feature wise, SiteGround didn’t disappoint:
All for a measly SGD9.03 a month (I eat snacks more expensive than that!).
However, bear in mind that SiteGround’s renewal prices can get expensive. Be mentally prepared to pay more than double the introductory prices to renew the contract. But for the service you get? We think it’s worth it.
SiteGround is a strong contender – especially when it comes to customer service. They offer support via 24/7 Live Chat, ticketing, and also the phone. They’ll respond to any of your issues quickly, and they are a tremendously knowledgeable bunch. If you ask nicely, they’ll even tell you where to find the best chilli crab in Singapore (OKAY I’M KIDDING!).
Our problems were solved without transferring us to different departments, saving us the hassle of repeating our issues over and over again until somebody can help us, which is a major time saver.
World Speed Score
A+
Speed In Asia
95.5 ms
Price (SGD)
S$29/mo
Key Features
“A local favourite with a full range of web hosting services.”
Next, we tested one of Singapore’s finest, combed through their features and sweet talked their customer service team, just to help you decide which host to go with.
Pros
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Thankfully, Vodien seems to justify their prices when it comes to server speed. With a worldwide average ranking of 177.6 ms, 95.5 ms in Asia, and 6 ms in Singapore, you know that your customers aren’t waiting long to load up your site.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | Sao Paulo |
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| 168 ms | 212 ms | 286 ms | 6 ms | 338 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
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| 171 ms | 138 ms | 67 ms | 222 ms | 168 ms |
Numbers-wise, they are slightly slower compared to the other 4 hosts above but at 177.6 ms, you won’t be able to tell the difference.
Feature-wise, Vodien did quite well.
SSD Storage? Yes, but only on Business Hosting plans
Not bad right? Everything seems comparable to the top ranking web hosts so far. Everything except for the price. You see, for us to get an accurate apple-to-apple comparison data, we had to use Vodien’s bizValue plan.
In other words, this is their super expensive, premium package, which costs a whopping SGD29 a month. I don’t know about you guys, but to me, that seems mighty expensive.
Surprisingly, for a brand as prominent as them, their customer service is… to put it in milder terms, not great. It took them 12 hours to respond to an issue we encountered while setting up the test site. 12 hours! That’s 3 and a half days in dog years! Fortunately, when they DID respond, the issue was resolved quickly and professionally.
World Speed Score
A+
Speed In Asia
94.25 ms
Price (SGD)
S$8.03/mo
Key Features
“Fantastically affordable green and no-frills hosting for small businesses.”
Next is HostPapa , an independently-owned company based in Toronto.
They’ve been selling web hosting since 2005, which makes them a bit newer than some of the hosts on here. Still, their top executives supposedly have 70+ years of industry experience combined!
Pros
Cons
We’ve been reviewing HostPapa for years and have always found it a very solid product. The only reason we’re bringing it lower down this list is because it only has servers in the US, Canada and Europe. If only they had a server nearer to Asia!
But we STILL think HostPapa is a great option for Singaporean websites. And our speed test results agree. We hosted a total of 3 test websites, ran them through our speed test tool, and were impressed. Just take a look-see.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | Sao Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 ms | 119 ms | 8 ms | 160 ms | 213 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
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| 115 ms | 275 ms | 238 ms | 129 ms | 14 ms |
The best response time pinged from Singapore was 160 ms. Even though this was hosted all the way from Amsterdam, it’s impressively fast for Singaporean audiences!
On paper, their numbers can’t beat our #1 web host Hostinger, but with global speed averaging at 143ms, loading up your page is pretty much instantaneous. To sum it up, HostPapa’s servers respond quickly for ALL your site visitors – whether they’re based in Singapore, or elsewhere on the planet.
HostPapa’s cheapest plan works well for small single sites, but their Business Plan is where things really ramp up with the ‘unlimiteds’.
Its Starter plan costs just SGD 8.03 (for a 3 year commitment) and even then you get a ton of value:
… the list goes on. For their Business plans, HostPapa sweetens the deal even more by throwing in more unlimited goodies. Plus, you can request a free 30-minute 1-on-1 consultation with their team on anything hosting-related. It’s a handy way to resolve any questions or doubts and is pretty cool – not many hosts bother with this.
In all, HostPapa offers awesome value, speed and support. Sure, we wish they had a data center in Singapore, and we’d like to see more speed enhancing features. But at least they’ve proved their speed in our speed tests. In all, we think HostPapa offers great value for money for small businesses. Its plans are cheap, but you’re getting a whole load of bang for buck.
Our Sweet Singapore is the obvious choice for a digital hub for South East Asia.
Aside from having the resources to attract the brightest talents from all over the world, we’ve cemented ourselves as a digital R&D hub, ranked as #1 in Asia in 2017’s Global Innovation Index.
Our lightning fast IT infrastructure has also made us the preferred choice for digital tech companies, with Silicon Valley giants like Facebook, Yahoo and Google setting up base on Singaporean grounds to target the Asean markets.
With heavy hitters like these in our shores, they’ll naturally attract talents from all over, bright minds that will set up online businesses here as side hustles. These people will no doubt understand that sales is directly linked to site load speed, hence going for good web hosting providers with the fastest response times.
If you’re looking to have any chance of your business competing with these people, you’re going to want to ensure that your web hosting provider is up to par, at least in regards to speed. It’s important that the service should not just be fast locally, but able to provide you with competitive loading times globally as well.
To recap, here is our top web hosting for Singapore:
We had a lovely time reviewing these 5 brands, but it also made it super difficult for us to pick a winner.
It boils down to a matter of preference (some people might prefer local Singaporean hosts, some might prefer international ones) because each one of these brands are excellent, with impressive features and numbers to back them up.
However, the main deciding factor for us would be value. The international brands gave us everything we needed with their entry-level packages, which costs below SGD14 per month.
The local brands could compete, but only with their premium packages which can cost up to SGD50 per month.
Their entry level packages come with only HDD storage options, which isn’t ideal especially as we’re dealing with speed and load times. They also seem to lack 24/7 support, something which is quite important to us.
Thanks to their speed, features and excellent customer support, I’d have to say that Hostinger is the BEST web hosting in Singapore for us.
They offer true-blue, well-balanced hosting. You’ll enjoy great server speeds, regardless of where your audience is based – plus world-grade tech at a price that’s WAY cheaper than local providers!
However, if you prefer to go with any of the other brands, don’t sweat it. All the ones on this list perform really well locally and internationally, as verified by our server speed checker.
We’d definitely recommend Hostinger as the best web host for Singapore websites. They offer many data centers around the world, including one right in Singapore, as well as premium features, and exceptional customer support. They’re also the best cheap web host out there – starting from just $0.99 a month (with their 48-mo plan).
Yes, it’s possible to find free web hosting services for your Singapore-based website. However, it’s important to understand that free hosting services come with significant performance handicaps, and you’ll often need to put up with ads being displayed on your website. If you want to build a website site that looks professional and can be monetized, consider skipping the free web hosts and going for an affordable web host instead. Many of the best hosts, like Hostinger, start from low prices.
Shared web hosting costs an average of $12 to $420 per year – excluding domain and SSL. Domains can cost between $10 – $20 a year, while SSL can cost anything from as little as $8 up to $1000 per annum, depending on which you’re getting. To skip these costs, consider getting a web hosting service that offers both domain and SSL for free.
The location of your data servers can affect how fast your website loads for visitors in that region, so it’s definitely worth thinking about. Luckily, Singapore is a great location for web hosting servers, thanks to its strong connectivity to the rest of the world. If your website is primarily targeting audiences in Singapore or Asia, we’d definitely recommend picking a web hosting provider like Hostinger or Kinsta that offers a data server within Singapore itself.
We found there are some local web hosting companies that offer decent speeds. If you prefer a local web host and your website is only targeted towards readers within Singapore – Vodien is a decent choice. However, we’d still recommend opting for an international web host like Hostinger that offers the option of a Singaporean data server. Not only are they usually cheaper, but international host companies often offer more advanced server tech, more comprehensive customer support, and more global presence.
